Portland bridges

Today i took advantage of the day off, and walked downtown with one of my teammates. We walked across the broadway bridge, which has a drawbridge, and stopped often so that said teammate could take pictures. I can't wait til i can bring my camera back in january, there are so many things i want to capture. there's a great combination of industry and residential and commercial in this city, they practically intertwine.
We went to Powell's again, i love that bookstore, every time i go in i find myself wishing i had a million dollars and a million hours so i could get and read all the books in that store that i find interesting. Other people say they find the layout overwhelming, but i disagree. I find that finally, i can walk into a bookstore, just one, and find all the books i'm looking for in one place. And they're all for selling used books, so i can find it cheap too.
Tomorrow we're going to go hawthorne st and explore, and probably explore the area around there as well.
I have a bit of a cough that's been quite persistent this week, but other than that, it's been a great week.
We had the dedication on one of the habitat sites we've been working on. That means that the board of habitat and the families that are going to be buying the homes and the people who've been regular volunteers on the homes all got together and had a small ceremony and celebration acknowledging all the support and work that goes into making Habitat homes possible. It was nice to finally meet the families and to see what we're really doing and why it matters. It was strange though, to look at the floors and banisters and trim that we put in, and see it as something that isn't just the flooring i put in, or the banister my teammates put in, but it's someone's home, and the work we're doing is soon going to be a place where a family will live and grow. Will they notice the little nick in that, or the spot over here? will it matter? can they fix it?

We have some really great times as a team here in our cozy house, but i'm definitely going to be glad to leave for break. I'm only going to be in Sacramento for about a day, but i'm hoping that the weather will be nice and warm. Right before i go off to St. Louis, where they have snow right now. I'm looking forward to break so much. I just got an email from Laura today. She's in Spain for a few weeks before Christmas, and it sounds like she's having a great time. I can't wait to hear them at New Years.

Hope all is well in your part of the world.

Goodnight.